Houston 104, Denver 87

April 7, 1998

Regular Season

McNichols Sports Arena (Denver, Colorado)

Attendance: 14,617

Officials: Derek Richardson, Hue Hollins, Bruce Alexander

Team Rebounds: Houston (8) Denver (8)

Technicals: Houston (0) Denver (0)

  1 2 3 4 Final
HOU (38-38) 20 28 27 29 104
DEN (9-67) 17 20 27 23 87

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
HOU 85 122.1 102.1
DEN 85 102.1 122.1

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
HOU .625 0.211 0.175 0.375
DEN .399 0.082 0.429 0.180

Houston Rockets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
22 Clyde Drexler Starter SF 34:00 7-15 4-9 2-4 14.5 1 5 6 6 3 2 2 6 20
17 Mario Elie Starter SG 35:00 4-7 1-3 2-3 11.9 0 3 3 6 2 0 0 0 11
12 Matt Maloney Starter PG 25:00 4-8 2-5 1-3 4.9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 11
34 Hakeem Olajuwon Starter PF 35:00 6-13 0-1 6-7 18.6 2 12 14 2 4 1 3 2 18
43 Kevin Willis Starter C 28:00 4-6 0-0 4-4 11.0 3 2 5 0 3 1 4 3 12
4 Charles Barkley Bench PF 29:00 1-2 1-2 3-4 13.0 1 10 11 5 1 0 0 3 6
15 Emanual Davis Bench SG 13:00 3-5 2-2 3-3 5.4 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 2 11
32 Othella Harrington Bench PF 03:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -0.5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
8 Eddie Johnson Bench SF 14:00 1-3 0-0 0-0 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
20 Brent Price Bench PG 24:00 4-5 2-3 3-3 10.6 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 13
  Team                   8         1  
        240 34-64 12-25 24-31 103.6 7 33 48 25 17 4 11 19 104
          53.1% 48.0% 77.4%                    

Denver Nuggets

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL BLK TO PTS
7 Cory Alexander Starter PG 38:00 7-16 2-6 3-4 21.8 2 9 11 8 3 2 1 2 19
20 LaPhonso Ellis Starter SF 39:00 6-15 1-4 1-2 7.2 1 3 4 2 4 1 2 1 14
15 Danny Fortson Starter PF 29:00 6-16 0-0 3-5 14.6 7 4 11 2 3 2 2 1 15
21 Dean Garrett Starter C 32:00 7-9 0-0 0-0 10.0 2 3 5 1 3 0 1 2 14
5 Anthony Goldwire Starter SG 40:00 2-11 1-4 1-2 3.5 1 2 3 4 2 1 0 0 6
13 Bobby Jackson Bench SG 08:00 0-3 0-0 0-0 -0.2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
22 Johnny Newman Bench SF 28:00 2-9 0-0 4-4 2.5 1 1 2 2 6 1 1 0 8
23 Bryant Stith Bench SG 13:00 2-7 1-3 4-4 4.5 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 9
17 Joe Wolf Bench C 13:00 1-3 0-0 0-0 3.0 3 1 4 0 1 1 0 1 2
  Team                   8            
        240 33-89 5-17 16-21 66.9 18 24 50 20 23 10 7 7 87
          37.1% 29.4% 76.2%                    

Houston Rockets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Matt Maloney
8.5p, 1.8r, 2.8a
Mario Elie
8p, 2.1r, 3a
Clyde Drexler
18.4p, 4.8r, 5.5a
Hakeem Olajuwon
16.5p, 9.5r, 2.7a
Kevin Willis
16.1p, 8.5r, 1a
Rotation Brent Price
5.6p, 1.5r, 2.7a
Emanual Davis
4.1p, 1.1r, 1.3a
Eddie Johnson
8.7p, 2.1r, 1.2a
Charles Barkley
15.4p, 11.7r, 3.3a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
Othella Harrington
6.1p, 3.7r, 0.4a
 
 

Denver Nuggets Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Cory Alexander
7.4p, 2.1r, 2.9a
Anthony Goldwire
8.7p, 1.8r, 3.4a
LaPhonso Ellis
13.8p, 6.8r, 2.8a
Danny Fortson
10.1p, 5.6r, 0.9a
Dean Garrett
7.5p, 8.1r, 1.1a
Rotation  
 
Bryant Stith
8.5p, 2.2r, 1.6a
Johnny Newman
14.4p, 1.9r, 1.9a
 
 
Joe Wolf
1.6p, 2.2r, 0.5a
Lim PT  
 
Bobby Jackson
12p, 4.6r, 5a
 
 
 
 
 
 

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